East Foothills, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the San Jose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95127. It stands on Miguelita Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle. 6,803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresEast Foothills fell from 8,269 to 6,803 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,269 | |
| 2020 | 6,803 | -1,466 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1961 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of East Foothills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Santa Clara Unit | ROCK |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | FELTER |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | SIERRA |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | QUIMBY |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | FELTER |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | SOTO |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | MARSH RD / FELTER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of East Foothills: 14 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calaveras Road Pit | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fredrickson-Wetson | Stone | Producer | ||
| Fredrickson-Wetson | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Roggasch Bros. Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Garden City Pottery Co. | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Garden City Pottery Co. | Clay | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alum Rock | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Berryessa | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Wayne | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Heinlenville (historical) | 4.6 miles | 28 | |
| San Jose | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Chinatown (historical) | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| College Park | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Evergreen | 5.2 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on East Foothills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1277862 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867015. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.












